Just Kids by Patti Smith

Just Kids by Patti SmithWinner of the 2010 Non Fiction National Book AwardPatti Smith's definitive memoir: an evocative, honest and moving coming of age story of her extraordinary relationship with the artist Robert Mapplethorpe'Sharp, elegiac and finely crafted' Sunday Times'Terrifically evocative The most spellbinding and diverting portrait of funky but chic New York in the late '60s and '70s that any alumnus has committed to print' New York Times'Render, harrowing, often

An enduring bond forms between the two

all-in-one cooking at its absolute tastiest

she was determined to ignore the rumours of Wilcannia's reputation for danger and dysfunction

Komodo dragons and a whole new wolf pack to contend with

and the price of war

Robert Farquharson

women tell of their own initiations and ceremonies

a gun and handwritten directions to safety

provides an empathic understanding of the many symptoms associated with anxiety

artists and other prominent people

and appendices with hints on finding and photographing mammals

} We are consuming more than our earth can provide